Built during the Late period: 1845 - 1860

William Swayles built 11 or 12 cobblestone houses for himself, his children and for tenants on what later became Sodus Fruit Farm. This house is believed to have been built for his son George. This later period, 2-story cobblestone home has small, red lake washed cobbles and rough limestone quoins, but cut limestone lintels on edge.

To read more about the Swales family click this link: http://historicsoduspoint.com/people/swales-family/

From Hoffman Foundation Wayne County History Scholarship
Essays (1955). Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County by Verlyn Edward Klahn.
Courtesy of the Office of the Wayne County Historian.

ELLSWORTH HOUSE, SODUS

Mr. Burns is the present owner of the Ellsworth. House on the Lake Road in the town of Sodus. It was built by Swales
who built several houses on the lake road. It is adjacent to his own house.

STONES: The red lake stones are rounded and they measure from 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 - 3 inches .

JOINTS: The horizontal V is from i to 3/4 inches high. The vertical joint is a pyramid. The courses are 2 1/2 inches high.

MORTAR: . The reddish mortar Is weathered.

QUOINS: The quoins are untooled sandstone.

LINTELS: The lintels are a row of' bricks .

Sides: White as well as red stones were used at the back.